Piperton vs Rossville

A side-by-side comparison of Piperton and Rossville: population, income, housing, and more.

Piperton and Rossville are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Piperton has the higher population (2,457 vs 1,173 in Rossville). Piperton has the higher median household income ($125,982 vs $121,116 in Rossville). Piperton has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $459,800 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Piperton	Rossville
Population	2,457	1,173
Median age	57.1 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,982	$121,116
Median home value	$550,200	$459,800
Median gross rent	$1,229	—
Housing units	1,061	508
Homeownership rate	93.3%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.3%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piperton	Rossville
Population	2,142 → 2,457 (+14.7%)	906 → 1,173 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$96,250 → $125,982 (+30.9%)	$98,021 → $121,116 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$399,100 → $550,200 (+37.9%)	$267,900 → $459,800 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,229 (+38.9%)	$350 → $763 (+118.0%)

Piperton

Population

2,1422,457

Median household income

$96,250$125,982

Median home value

$399,100$550,200

Median gross rent

$885$1,229

Rossville

Population

9061,173

Median household income

$98,021$121,116

Median home value

$267,900$459,800

Median gross rent

$350$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piperton	Rossville
Under 5	0.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	17.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	25.0%	24.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.6%
75 and over	15.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piperton	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	82.8%
Black or African American	15.1%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piperton	Rossville
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	24.2%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piperton	Rossville
Drove alone	78.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.9%	14.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piperton	Rossville
1-unit, detached	96.7%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Piperton	Rossville
Poverty rate	4.2%	5.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	2003	2007